The Puzzling Persistence of APEC
APEC’s record of irrelevance is rivaled by few other international forums.
China and Resource Rights Conflicts around the World
You’re invited to join a tele-conference with Michelle Chan on Chinese investment in natural resource extraction and exploitation around the world. The world has been growing sharply in the past decade – as a result, so have conflicts with the local communities who rely on natural resources.
Should We Engage North Korea?
The United States has failed in its policies to punish, isolate, and otherwise push North Korea toward collapse. Perhaps it should try engagement instead.
Shouldn’t Americans Repair America’s Infrastructure?
The $7-billion reconstruction of the Bay Bridge between San Francisco and Oakland is in the hands of a state-subsidized Chinese company.
The G20 and the New World Order
Signs of China’s growing influence are inescapable in Cannes.
A Hakka Man Farms Rare Earth in South China
What lies beneath the rare earth metals that the world so covets?
An Alternative Eulogy for Steve Jobs
Jobs certainly thought differently, but the company he created acted the same as the competition.
Why 2012 Will Shake Up Asia and the World
Can Washington move from Pacific power to Pacific partner?
New Japanese Prime Minister Must Quell China’s Fears About His Nationalism
China is key to Japan’s economic recovery.
Is China Heading for Collapse?
Predictions of economic decline and regime change in China have become increasingly popular. Hard times ahead? Almost certainly. Regime change? Not so likely.
The South China Sea Conundrum
A more stable U.S.-China relationship is needed to avoid great-power conflict in the South China Sea.
China Forced to Temper Its Mercenary Approach to International Trade
China has been taking the code of Western corporations — “ye who enter the marketplace, abandon all ethics” — to the next level.
Review: China, the United States, and Global Order
A new book puts the relationship between Beijing and Washington into the global context.
China and the U.S. Debt
China is rightly critical of U.S. economic behavior. But it should also be looking more carefully at its own economic challenges.
Con Game
Has the U.S. economy turned into a pyramid scheme?